Lamp-holder.



L. KEEN & Z. ADAMSKI.

LAMP HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED OCT-17,1914.

1,148,385 Patented July 27, 1915.

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LEWIS KEEN AND ZIGMAN ADAMSKI, 0F GLENLYON, PENNSYLVANIA.

LAMP-HOLDER.

Application filed October 17, 1914.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, Lnwrs KEEN and ZIGMAN ADAMsKI, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Glenlyon, in the county of Luzerne and Stateof Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements inLamp-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in lamp holders primarilyintended as an attachment for miners caps, and the principal object ofthe invention is to provide a lamp holder of this character which mayremain a permanent fixture upon a cap and which will efiectively hold alamp against side or lateral movement and which further will retain thelamp in a vertical position regardless of the inclination of the cap,such as is assumed when the wearer of the cap is in a stooping position.

A further object of the invention is to provide an attachment comprisinga lamp holder which, when secured to the cap, will serve as areinforcement therefor as Well as a protector for preventing obstaclesinflicting injury to the wearer when such obstacles are contacted.

Otherobjects and advantages will appear as the nature of the improvementis more fully understood, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the improvement upon aminers cap showing the same supporting a miners lamp, Fig. 2 showing thecap tilted and the lamp retained in a vertical position, Fig. 3 is aperspective view of the improvement detached from the cap, and Fig. 4 isa central vertical longitudinal sectional view through the same.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, the numeral 1 designates aminers cap of the ordinary construction. Secured to the cap, centrallyof the peak, is my improved lamp support 2, the support preferablycomprising a body formed from a rectangular strip of leather, the samebeing bent to provide a face member 3 and a top member 4. The face isconnected to the cap at the lower portion thereof preferably through themedium of rivets 5, and likewise the angular top 4 has its cornersprovided with similar rivets 6 which pass through the top of the cap,and if desired the rivets may pass through suitable openings in straps?and 8 respectively which are arranged within the Specification ofLetters Patent.

Patented July 27,1915.

Serial No. 867,133.

cap, the ends of the rivets being secured to the straps to prevent thewithdrawal of the rivets. It is, of course, to be understood that thesupport 2 is not necessarily constructed of leather, as the same maycomprise an angular plate of any suitable material, but in the presentinstance the bent leather, comprising the support has its top member 4provided with a metal plate 9, the same being secured thereto in anydesired or preferred manner, and the said plate 9 is bent over the face3 of the support and secured to the support adjacent the edges thereof.The portion of the angular plate 9 arranged over the face 3 is providedwith a central cut-away portion, forming the same with fiat spaced arms1010, the arms being arranged, of course, adjacent the opposite edges ofthe face 3, and the said arms, at the lower portions thereof, are formedor otherwise provided with right angular outwardly projecting flanges11-l1. The upper portion'of the plate arranged upon the face 3 iscentrally formed with a groove 12, and the said face 3 below the grooveis provided with an opening, preferably of a V- shaped formation, asindicated by the numeral 13. The top member of the plate 9 adjacent thecorner thereof is provided with a pair of longitudinally extendingspaced ears 14, the said ears being arranged central of the groove 13,and the rear central connecting member 15 of the upper angular portionof the plate 10 provides a pivot for a latch 16. The latch 16 isconstructed of some spring metal and is formed from a single piece ofsuch material. The metal providing the latch is formed with an outwardlyextending angular portion 17 disposed a suitable distance from itspivot, and the said angular portion may, and prefer ably does, abut withthe inner edges of the ears 14 when the latch is swung over the saidears.

The numeral 18 designates a longitudinally extending portion forming thecatch proper for the latch, the said portion 18 having its end curved toprovide a finger hold 19, and the catch 18 is adapted to frictionallycontact with the upper longitudinal edges of the cars 14. The portion 18of the latch is centrally provided with a downwardly extending lug ordetent 20, the same adapted to be received between the ears 14 and tocontact with the opposite inner walls thereof when the catch is sprungover the said ears. The upper member of the angular plate 9, between theears 14 and preferswinging of the lamp will be effectively prevented.Thelatch 16 effectively retains the lamp upon the support, and byforming the face member 3 of the support with the opening 18 the cap maybe tilted and the hooked portion 23 will pass through the said openingand retain the lamp in an upright, or

' vertical position (see Fig. 2).

Copies of this patent may be obtained for From the above description,taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, the simplicity of thedevice as well as the advantages thereof will, it is thought, beperfectly apparent to those skilled in the art to which such inventionappertains without further detailed description. v v

' Having thus described the invention, what we claim is: I c Y L A lampsupport for miners caps comprising an angular member including a frontand a top and connected to the cap, a metal reinforcing plate for thesupport, said reinforcing plate having spaced flanges arranged upon theface of thesupport, longitudinally extending spaced ears upon the top ofthe reinforcing plate, said plate and top member of the support havingalining openings arranged between the ears, a pivoted spring catchhaving an angular portion adapted to contact with the rear edges of theears and a spring member adapted to overlie the ears, and said springmember having a downwardly extending lug adapted to be received betweenthe ears.

2. A lamp support for miners caps including an angular member comprisinga face and a top and connected with the cap, spaced spring flanges uponthe face of the support, the said face, above the flanges, having anelongated opening, the said face having a groove arranged above theopening and communicating with the top, longitudinally arranged earsupon the top at the corner of the support and arranged one to each ofthe opposite sides of the groove, said top having an opening between thecars, a latch, said latch including a pivoted member having a spring endproviding a catch which is adapted to be swung over the ears, the saidcatch being formed with a downturned lug which is adapted to be receivedbetween the ears.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

IoNA'rz STAPIN SKI.

five cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0.

